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KW90 ·

New London Airport

37.27180°N
-79.33590°W
ARR / DAY
2
60.0%
DEP / DAY
1
16.7%

New London Airport (KW90) is a small general aviation airport located in Forest, VA, 33 mi east of Roanoke. It features 1 runway measuring 3,164 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KLYH, 8 mi away (KW90 does not publish METAR)

39m ago
Temp
32°F
Wind
8 kts
310°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KLYH 012030Z AUTO 31008G16KT 10SM CLR 34/18 A3005 RMK T03400180 VRB04KT MADISHF

Runways

1 installed

3,164 FT MAX
17/35
3,164 ft × 40
ASP● LIT

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

35
72% of ops
46 land · 3 TO
17
28% of ops
18 land · 8 TO
Runway 35 carries 72% of operations (46 landings, 3 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 28%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

35 46 landings
UA 15%
17 18 landings
UA 17%
Approaches to 35 show a 15% unstable-approach rate (7 UA events from 46 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
3.1
flights/day · 93 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4pm · 12am
Day vs night
70%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–3pm local, averaging 3.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.3× weekday (1.2 vs 4.0 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (57% of 92 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 135.000
APCH 254.325
UNICOM 122.800
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDC
Elevation:
842 ft
Mag var:
9° W

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Fliegen101
04/16/2014
Great airport
Really nice folk and all general aviation. Good place to keep an airplane. Good maintenance.
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